Duke fans, Kentucky fans and everyone else have gotten used to seeing the clip of Christian Laettner’s magnificent shot to beat Kentucky in the 1992 Elite Eight but time has kind of made it hard to remember what an incredible impact that game had. The day after, then-President George Bush was on video talking about it: “did you see the Duke game?” Everyone was talking about it.
This article from SI’s Vault really brings that back. The bit in the intro about Mark Alarie and Mike Gminski talking about that game during an NBA game when they were on opposing teams?